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(11) EP 4 251 025 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
04.10.2023 Bulletin 2023/40

(21) Application number: 21827332.4

(22) Date of filing: 22.11.2021
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 1/005(2006.01)
A61M 25/01(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A61B 1/0052; A61B 1/00006; A61B 1/00039; A61M 25/0136
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2021/060305
(87) International publication number:
WO 2022/115368 (02.06.2022 Gazette 2022/22)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 24.11.2020 US 202063117626 P

(71) Applicants:
  • Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Maple Grove, MN 55311 (US)
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Worcester, MA 01609 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • NYCZ, Christopher J.
    Holden, Massachusetts 01520 (US)
  • ALBRECHT, Elizabeth M.
    White Bear Lake, Minnesota 55110 (US)
  • CHROBAK, Megan
    Groton, Massachusetts 01450 (US)
  • GHAZI, Kianoosh
    Worcester, Massachusetts 01603 (US)
  • FISCHER, Gregory Scott
    Boston, Massachusetts 02130 (US)
  • CLARK, Bryan Allen
    Forest Lake, Minnesota 55025 (US)

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